Armed attack kills six soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
File photo: Egyptian soldiers guard the entrance to the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Sinai, Egypt, November 6, 2015. AP Six Egyptian soldiers were killed on Friday when gunmen attacked a…
File photo: Egyptian soldiers guard the entrance to the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Sinai, Egypt, November 6, 2015. AP Six Egyptian soldiers were killed on Friday when gunmen attacked a…
More than 500 people have been swept up in mass arrests following violent demonstrations in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions earlier this month, Amnesty International said on Friday. Troops and attack helicopters…
Kenyan police shot dead two people and wounded a third when a crowd tried to storm a police station during an opposition protest against a looming presidential vote re-run, a…
George Weah casts a vote in the ballot box during the presidential elections in Liberia George Weah of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) retained his lead as the second…
A man votes at a polling station of Duport Road in Monrovia, Liberia, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon One of Liberia’s leading political parties called for a halt in announcing…
Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo A long-delayed election in Democratic Republic of Congo to replace President Joseph Kabila cannot take place until at least…
Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the back of a pickup truck outside Agadez, Niger, May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Penney West African migrants trying to reach Europe…
Diane Shima Rwigara, a prominent critic of Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame, sits alongside her sister Anne Rwigara inside the courtroom in Kigali, Rwanda, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana A prominent…
Riot policemen fire tear gas to disperse supporters of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, during a protest along a street in Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya…
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday he would not stand in a court-ordered re-run of August’s presidential election that is scheduled for Oct…